The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Objects of the Sea - shore - Extinct Craters - Fox Hunting - Aspect of the Icy Sea - First Experiences - In the Ice - Seal Shooting- Shoals of Seals - Seals and their Habits - Collecting Seal Oil -A Long Jump - Fog Gathering - Dodges to ...
... Objects of the Sea - shore - Extinct Craters - Fox Hunting - Aspect of the Icy Sea - First Experiences - In the Ice - Seal Shooting- Shoals of Seals - Seals and their Habits - Collecting Seal Oil -A Long Jump - Fog Gathering - Dodges to ...
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... objects as these ? These questions chiefly emanate from those who do not see the advantage of prosecuting anything ... object will be to give , first , a rapid sketch of Arctic voyages ; next , to show in a very summary way some of the ...
... objects as these ? These questions chiefly emanate from those who do not see the advantage of prosecuting anything ... object will be to give , first , a rapid sketch of Arctic voyages ; next , to show in a very summary way some of the ...
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... object , but the work which it was proposed to do was in great part effected in the years 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 , by Messrs . Dease and Simpson , who , in a series of boat - voyages , traced the coast from Point Barrow to the estuary ...
... object , but the work which it was proposed to do was in great part effected in the years 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 , by Messrs . Dease and Simpson , who , in a series of boat - voyages , traced the coast from Point Barrow to the estuary ...
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... object was whales , he made no attempt to see how far north this open water extended . Captain Brook surveyed the north coast of Spitzbergen in 1807. In 1818 , Captains Buchan and John Franklin went north in two old whalers , and ...
... object was whales , he made no attempt to see how far north this open water extended . Captain Brook surveyed the north coast of Spitzbergen in 1807. In 1818 , Captains Buchan and John Franklin went north in two old whalers , and ...
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... object alone should be a sufficient answer to those who want to know what use there may be in Polar research . The scientific man knows that no well - conducted inquiry is useless ; and that the electric telegraph , the steam - engine ...
... object alone should be a sufficient answer to those who want to know what use there may be in Polar research . The scientific man knows that no well - conducted inquiry is useless ; and that the electric telegraph , the steam - engine ...
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amongst animals Arctic seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter